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Specialist paper and board packaging provider Siliconpak (stand J450) will have its first stand at Food & Bake this year. The company’s product range includes bespoke reels, sheets and die-cut shapes of differing sizes and materials, including greaseproof and vegetable parchment (with or without siliconised coatings), glassine and cakeboards. Siliconpak ...
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A range of branded cafe packaging will be on show from Planglow (stand J400). The range features a ‘Grab it’ bag, ‘Sip it’ ripple-wrap cup, and a ‘Munch it’ sandwich wedge. All items are produced in brown and cream colours to blend in with existing corporate colours or to help ...
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Launching an electric deck oven specifically designed for the UK market will be European Process Plant (EPP) (stand F600). The MIWE aero C1408 has three trays per deck and will be available with one to six decks. Also displayed for the first time will be the new DVF co-extruding depositor ...
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Russell Finex (stand J130) will feature two new units that complement its range of powder sieves and liquid filters.The Russell 3in1 Sieving Station has been engineered to include a fully integrated screw conveyor. By combining the screening and movement of powders the process is simplified, removing double-handling and increasing productivity.The ...
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Russell Finex (stand J130) will feature two new units that complement its range of powder sieves and liquid filters.The Russell 3in1 Sieving Station has been engineered to include a fully integrated screw conveyor. By combining the screening and movement of powders the process is simplified, removing double-handling and increasing productivity.The ...
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Escher Mixers (stand P255) has recently opened a UK office and distribution warehouse in order to deal directly with UK customers. The company holds a large stock of mixers and spare parts, which are available for immediate delivery and offer 24-hour nationwide back-up service.Escher exports to over 35 countries worldwide ...
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The British Society of Baking’s Golden Jubilee Spring Conference, held at Food & Bake, will provide bakers with an insight into business issues affecting the whole of the industry. Speakers from Greggs, Tesco and Allied Bakeries will be among the roll call.On the Monday, Sir Michael Darrington, MD of Greggs, ...
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Big just got bigger
When Warburtons opened its futuristic £40m Enfield bakery in October 2003 it struck awe into rival bakers and customers. The massive high-tech automated bakery, capable of making 8,000 800g loaves an hour, set a new gold standard in efficient plant baking. Three years on, Warburtons has gone bigger and better, ...
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In Brief
- British Bakeries plans to create 200 jobs at the former Harvestime (2005) site in Leicester, which it bought out of administration last month. The site is operating at 25% capacity and one plant is fully operational, producing Hovis bread. The baker has already recruited 45 people and plans to ...
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- Ingredients company Macphie has launched a new website – www.macphie.com – showcasing ingredients for bakers, foodservice operators and food manufacturers. To celebrate the launch, it is running an on-line competition to win one of five iPod nanos. Readers can log-on and register their details before April 30 for ...
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IAWS profits from growth in food business
Agri-Food group IAWS has reported a 22.6% increase in pre-tax profits for the six months to the end of January. Group pre-tax profits rose to €49.4 million (£33.9m) on sales up by 13.4% to €715m (£492m).The Delice de France and Cuisine de France owner said growth at its food business ...
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Harvestime finds buyer but wrangle continues
A sale of Harvestime (2005)’s Walsall bakery was being delayed by a wrangle over the lease, as British Baker went to press. A buyer is waiting to take over the site, which is in administration. But the deal, which would secure 320 jobs, is being held up by the site’s ...
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Northern feels the chill
Northern Foods revealed its bakery and pastry divisions had been seriously hit in the early weeks of 2006, as it announced it is starting a strategic review of its business this week.The supplier’s biscuit sales in January and February were 12% lower than the previous year and the market continues ...
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Whitco nets a clean finish
Whitco Catering and Bakery Equipment (stand C76) will introduce its new stainless steel finish display counters. These complement the red, green, gold and wood finish models in the range. Counters can be either stand-alone or multiplexed, with three types of glass and shelf configurations to suit bakery, sandwich bar or ...
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NewsRising energy costs and competition hit Greggs
Retail baker Greggs reported it had been hit by a 60% year-on-year increase in energy costs, as it posted its premiminary results for 2005 last week.The baker came to the end of of a three-year electrity contract last October and, since then has seen “significantly higher increases than most people ...
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NewsGreggs lifts the curtain
A large bakery plant, with several freezer and chiller rooms using plastic strip doors to maintain the right temperature, can run into downtime and health and safety issues. This proved the case for Tyneside plant baker Greggs North East, which has 21 freezer and chill rooms.Each door featured an overhead ...
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NewsLetter
The decision by the Office of Fair Trading to refer the supermarket industry to the Competition Commission is a victory for the Independent Retailers Confederation (IRC) and the All-Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group of MPs . We believe the report, called High Street Britain 2015 and published last month, was ...
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Obituary
ROBERT Rich, founder and chairman of Rich Products Corporation, has died, aged 92. Robert Rich invented the world’s first non-dairy whipped topping, Rich’s Whip Topping, in 1945. Based on soybean, the topping was developed because of the shortage of milk during the war years. Nevin Montgomery, president and CEO ...
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NewsSunflower power
Have you ever seen fields of sunflowers swaying gently in the summer breeze, a beautiful blend of yellow and green emboldened by dramatic black centres? It was certainly a sight that seared into the soul of Holland’s famous post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh, whose painting of sunflowers forged his fame. ...
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NewsViewpoint
It has been a very busy week in the industry: Warburton’s opening a new bakery, and the continuing situation at Harvestime; Greggs’ results; the Competition Commission Review; Sonneveld breaking into the improvers market. I suspect that those of you who bump into colleagues at Food & Bake this week, March ...